Thanksgiving



=**__﻿Thanksgiving Lesson Plan__**=

=Content Standards:= 1.3 - Demonstrate an understanding of significant events and themes in world history/international studies.

=Student Learning Objectives:= 1- Students will be able to understand and explain the first Thanksgiving. 2- Students will be able to understand vocabulary and Key words associated with Thanksgiving.

=Assessment:= 1- Students will show their understanding of the origins of Thanksgiving by creating a venn diagram that compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving to present day Thanksgiving.

2- Students will prepare a reenactment of the First Thanksgiving.

=Materials/ Resources:= - Paper - Pencil - art supplies - computers

Students will be provided with a blank piece of paper where they are able to draw their venn diagrams. Students will also be able to use the computers in the classroom to research Thanksgiving. The teacher will provide the student with art supplies that are needed for the First Thanksgiving Day reenactment.

=Initiation:= The teacher will start of the lesson by asking students what they know about Thanksgiving. They will complete a bubble map as a group. This will get all the students involved in the topic. The teacher will then begin to teach the students about the first Thanksgiving by reading "The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving." T

=Lesson Development:=

1) The Teacher will write the word Thanksgiving on the board. 2) The Teacher will ask the students what they know about Thanksgiving. 3) As the students tell the teacher their knowledge of the topic Thanksgiving she will write them on the board as a bubble map. 4) The teacher will read the book "The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving" by Ann McGovern 5) The teacher will break the students in to groups of two. 6) The students will research about the First Thanksgiving. 7) The student will then make a venn diagram that compares and contrast the first Thanksgiving to present day Thanksgiving. Students will continue the following part of the lesson throughout the following week. 8) Students will then begin creating different parts of the First Thanksgiving 9) Students will then be assigned to different people in the reenactment. 10) Students will practice their parts. 11) The students will reenact the First day of Thanksgiving the following week to an audience.

=Closure:= Students will come together as a class after they have completed the reenactment. The teacher will draw a venn diagram up on the board. The teacher will ask each student to share something from their venn diagrams. We will create a class venn diagram that will be put up on a bullein board. The teacher will then ask a few questions about the first Thanksgiving.

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